Politics

This program originally aired in March 2018.When polls rank America’s first ladies, the top spot often goes to Eleanor Roosevelt.“She was the person who…

President Trump and fellow Republicans paint a dire portrait of our country if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House at the Republican National Convention.

"To Start A War" paints a vivid and indelible picture of a failed decision-making process for, arguably, the most disastrous decision in the history of American foreign policy. Everything was believed; nothing was true.

The City of Dubuque has passed its own face covering mandate, under legal guidance from the city attorney that the order is enforceable, despite the governor's opinion that such local measures are moot.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a mandate on face coverings, which the county attorney has said will be enforceable, unlike a previous resolution.

Mayors in Linn County are joining with the county's board of supervisors and board of health in urging Gov. Kim Reynolds to let them issue local mask mandates.

Ben Kieffer and political scientists talk about the top political headlines of the week.

The Johnson County Board of Health has unanimously approved an ordinance requiring the use of face coverings in public, which the county attorney says will be enforceable once it's approved by the board of supervisors.

Black Hawk County officials are moving forward with a plan to reclaim local contact tracing, voicing concerns that the state is not adequately handling disease investigation for their local cases of the coronavirus.

Advocates and family members of incarcerated Iowans are gathering signatures and coordinating an email campaign, urging state officials to approve compassionate releases for inmates who are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus.